escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious …

AVOIDING definition: 1. present participle of avoid 2. to stay away from someone or something: 3. to prevent something…. Learn more.

1. to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person. 2. to prevent from happening: to avoid falling. 3. Law. to make void or of no effect; invalidate; annul.

AVOID definition: to keep away from; keep clear of; shun. See examples of avoid used in a sentence.

When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic. She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets to avoid him. [VERB noun] All through lunch he …

to try very hard not to meet someone, do something, etc. She's been avoiding me like the plague since the party last Saturday.

The verb avoid means to stop yourself from doing something or to keep something from happening. You might avoid the old lady next door who smells funny and always wants to pinch your cheek, or you …